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., v I'; "h ; . Duke Univors ity Lilrary Newspaper Departs ei5t v. .-Durham, W, C. 27705 f S 1126 3 f4ap tfte trurmeantag of iCfjrkmaa baton once again anb bring? iWlilewtagsi to tf)t toorlb. The mind U like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, hut bow much it digests. Albert Jay Nock Ml ' MVOLUME';53'a''NUMBER 7 s-.:-5 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1976 PRICE; 20 CENT ' ! "eFw I (lorj to ob I m tte West ST. LUKE 2:14 AND THE ANQEL SAID UNTO THEM FEAR NOT: FOR, BEHOLD I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD. ufee H, 10 anb 11 f"""""1- , ( ?v . u 8; H 'f f' , . -1j;L.; i rVfW -Al"", ... I,, : , ; , . ;m f i : ; ;;.v p-, f!r ' , . f LT' I j P'i-' ' "-" if . 4 " 11 iii-. Mb - - fiarimii I Iff i v " A x : 1 i . iiimwini , i.'ViiiiiiTi.iiii,.iil BOSTON - THE NAACP HEADQUARTERS locattd at Massachusetts Ave. and Columbus Ave. in Boston, after it was Jfire-Doinbed apparently in retaliation for Judge Arthur Garrity's decision for the Federal Court taking over South Boston . Minn SmiaaI fllDM 14-YEAR UORID-OTE FLIGHT WORTH CAROLINA SOLOCJS ASSAILED FOR RACIST SUPPORT NEW BERN Both N. C. senators, Jesse Helms and Robert Morgan, were assailed in a television interview in the closing session of the 107th meeting of the N. C. Conference, A. M. E. Zion Church, which ended at St. Peters Church November 30, by Bishop A. G. Dunston, who preside over the 5-day meet. me prelate praisea tne u. o. Thompson's' . He continued Senate for its failure to confirm with the following "In voting ex-congressman Thompson, of for his confirmation these Georgia, who Is alleged to have senators turned their backs upon said that persons who failed to every black college in the state pay their rent in federal housing at ieast temporarily" projects should be hanged. He ' also took ' cracks at Bishop Dunston said he was Secretary of State Kissinger and dismayed over the fact that the President Gerald Ford, by saying state's two senators voted to confirm the Georgia racist. He pointed out that Thompson voted against every piece of civil rights legislation while in Washington and displayed utter lack of sympathy for the poor. He said, ' North Carolinians, of all colors, should be displeased by the fact that their senators would vote for a man whose record was as bad as that Kissinger is alarmed because of the presence of Russia and Angola and that both sould be represents the depth of racial oppression. Black America wants to hear them express dismay alarmed by the presence of over South Africa continuing to South Africa in Angola. "Racial spread Its racial influence into oppression is worst than Angola, communism and South Africa A.M.E. ZION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR N. Y. NEW YORK CITY Dr. G. W. McMurray, pastor, Mother Zion A. M. E. Zion Church, his officers and members, are planning to give the 1976 meeting of the Board ' ' i-uii i ..ma. .1 . nm i l ii. ill i ii li II liiiT, . ' ''' . t , r of Bishops and the Minister's & Laymen's Association a red carpet treatment, when they meet here, January 7-9. Reservations are now being accepted by the New York Hilton, which will be headquarters for the meet. The bishops will hear report of the 12 departments and consider plans for the general conference, which will convon in Chicago, May 5-15. The Minister's & Laymen's Association will have a full program. They are expected to discuss proposed legislation. Politics will not be as prevalent as in past years, due to the fact that there is no vacancy to be filled on the Board of Bishops. Of grave concern will be the finance of the denomination, with education being the main focus. This is due to the fact that Livingston College is finding the going tough and Hood Thelological Seminary is trying for accreditation. Ministerial Relief & Brotherhood Pension, headed by the Rey. Jarrett Walker, will be MONROE - Robert F. Williams ended a 14-year exile here Tuesday when he surrendered to Union County authorities on his arrival in Charlotte from Detroit. He was accompanied on the plane trip by his wife, two sons and famed civil rights attorney, William Kunstler. Williams was accused of kidnapping a white couple during a racial uprising here in 196l He contended then, as 'Wttathe was trying to protect them from bodily harm when they inadvertently drove into a fracas, and they at first, thanked him profusely, then later changed their story. During his absence from the United States, Williams has lived in Cuba, China and North Vietnam. He was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Action Movement and an activist in the early civil rights movement Williams was swiftly taken from Douglas Municipal Airport to a bond hearing in Monroe at which he refused to pay a $20,000 bond set in the case. Speaking to Superior Court Judge John McConnell, Williams said, ' I would like to make a statement since I am the victim l this case." The judge retorted ' You are not a victim." Williams then told the judge, "you know deep down in your heart that this is a frame-up. This is the worst form of American justice." Attorney Kunstler argued that Williams should be released on his own recognizance, noting that he had returned to North Carolina on his own. When the judge refused to lower the bond during the court session, Williams told him ' it's white supremacy -that's what it is." Williams then told McConnell that he would rather go to jail "as a matter of principle" than to pay the bond. "I'm not paying any bond to a Klansman in a black robe," Williams told reporters shortly after the hearing. During a conference in the judge's chambers shortly thereafter, McConnel reduced Williams' bond to $10,000. No exolanation was given for the 'f -fill v-r-f ?V - ill t I ::!:::::: . i-v-'W-m-t-::-:-':- i , ' m " s- 1 DETROIT - BLACK ACTIVIST Robert F. Williams, former head of the Separatist Republic of New Africa, at a press conference in Detroit, said he will attempt to prove that the FBI plotted to gat rid of me' with forged documents and even murder attempts when he goes on trial in North Carotin. Durham NAACP To Launch Drivo The executive committee, Durham Branch, NAACP, in its December meeting, voted to begin a drive for 5,000 members. RECEIVES AWARD - Captain William E. Wlliams, Armor Division, United Stats Army, receives the Merltorius Service Award for meritorlus service while assigned as Commander, Headquarters Company, Sixth United States Army Support Element, Presidio of San Francisco, California from September 10, 1971 to November 18, 1975. The award was presented by the Commanding General at the Presidio. Captain Williams is the son of Mrs. Coyle Williams of Durham. James T. Hawkins, prominent businessman, told the committee that it is a travestry against freedom for black people to bond reduction. McConnell did permit the organiztion to curtail point out that the other four its operations, due to the lack of who were charged in 1961 with money. Williams posted bond then and The committee decided that it would riot be fair to let there were 5,000 interested Williams go without doing the persons in the cause of freedom same. to enable the local branch to Williams posted the $10,000 raise a considerable sum. The bond after two old friends committee decided that an from Monroe, Woodrow Wilson extensive drive would get and Frank Figgures, put up underway,' December 16. property as collateral. i - n . , Hawkins was named chairman of Williams was greeted to the drive and Elmore Mangum, Mnroe bv a crowd of some vice-chairman. Hawkins vowed given a close look, with an eye fifty persons who followed him to ent the support of every toward minimum salary 'and on hta way to rUnion; County,' cet of the ; Durham pension. The merging of some Courthouse. When he left the community, beginning with the departments, In the economy of courthouse, he said . he was bus drivers, whose jobs arc the denomination, with going to visit some- friends?" ce able to NAACP" Christian Education and Ibefore returning . to ( Detroit, .Intervention, like all of the gains, Evangelism being considered for Tuesuay night. Trial has been that blacks have enjoyed in the a combination. Periodicals and set for the January IT term of Bull City. court in the Union County Hawkins enjoys a nne rapport Courthouse. with the church people having . Since his return to the been a BTU leader for a number United States In 1969, Williams of years. He is a deacon at White (See WILLIAMS, Page 7B) (See DURHAM, Page 6A) i i j I III II I I I, ii- ''frnmi in ill , i J: :.7'''.Y. . -. " . . ,.1 k' publications will come under ' dose scrutiny. The office of general secretary-auditor and the public relations operations are (See AMEZ, Page 7B) MONTGOMERY. ALA. - TO Rev. Martin Luther Kino! Sr. (seated) Joins In the applause for Mrs. Rosa Parks at a kat rally ' celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Montgomery bus Boycott Mrs. Parks was the spark that Ignited 331-day boycott -that ended city bus segregation and marked a turning point in the Civil Rights movement (UPI).
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